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  • Murder by women in eighteenth-century London and Paris

    • October 29, 2022
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      Fascinating podcast on research into female murderers, the way society dealt with the phenomenon, how women were punished compared to men, how women despatched their victims and the impact of the conditions of urban life – here. ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is now freely available here. 27 long form articles on
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  • ‘Women and Enlightenment Science’

    • June 18, 2022
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    Very informative and interesting Melvyn Bragg podcast: ‘Women and Enlightenment Science’   ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is now freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #enlightenment #eighteenthcentury #women
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  • Marquise d’ Urfé

    • June 2, 2022
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    The Marquise d’Urfé is based upon a real historical figure who we have dramatically reimagined.  D’Urfé was the richest woman in France by dint of her marriage to an immensely rich nobleman who died when she was only 29 (there were, of course, the inevitable rumours that she’d bumped him off).  She was a highly
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